WFF rain gauge network (in this case, WFF denotes Wallops Flight Facility Assorted Gauges) 0003_PAD3 rain gauge ID 2015 Year gag Product ID (reformated gauge tip data)File header 2015 WFF 0003_PAD3 MetOne 0.2 mm
2015 WFF 0003_PAD3 same as in file name MetOne gauge type 0.2 mm gauge bucket size
Data format
Year Mon Day Jday Hr Min Sec Rain[mm] Lat Lon ........................................................ 2015 01 03 003 23 34 27 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 00 37 11 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 15 09 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 16 39 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 16 48 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 16 57 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 17 07 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 17 19 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 17 29 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 17 40 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 17 48 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 17 58 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 18 09 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 18 20 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 2015 01 04 004 11 18 30 0.200 37.93438 -75.47081 ........................................................ There are 10 data fields. 1) year 2) month 3) day of month 4) Julian Day of year 5) hour in UTC 6) minute 7) second 8) rain[mm] (eg. 1 tip = 0.254 mm) 9) Latitude in degree 10) Longitude in degree